The UArctic Chair in Arctic Legal Research and Education, and lead of the Thematic Network on Arctic Law, Prof. Kamrul Hossain from the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland, has been elected to the Council as a member for the next three years, from 2024-2027.

The UArctic Thematic Network on Social Work focuses on three topics with relevance for social work in the Arctic: Indigenous peoples, consequences of climate change and the development of rurality and urbanity. This becomes clear also in the decisions of the network in their physical meeting in Bodø under the Arctic Congress,...

Growing up in the Arctic includes facing many challenges. Among them are developing one’s identity, climate change that threats ways of living, risk of poverty. This session by Thematic Network on Social Work on the Arctic Congress in Bodø, June 1st pointed also at such challenges. But most of all it pointed out the possibili...

The KOPRI Arctic Fellowship is open to early-career scientists from Arctic countries and researchers of Arctic indigenous heritage who wish to visit and conduct research at KOPRI for up to 3 months. 

A public seminar was held on Sovereignty, History and Archives at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) on 2nd May 2024. Recording of the seminar is now available.

The NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory invites applications for a Research Physical Scientist in coupled ocean-ice-land atmosphere modelling. This permanent position will be located in Boulder, Colorado.

The iC3 Polar Research Hub invites applications for their iC3 Polar Postdoctoral Funding Support Programme.

The annual UArctic Thematic Networks and UArctic Institutes Leadership Team meeting was held in Bodø, Norway on May 29, 2024, in conjunction with the Arctic Congress Bodø 2024.

UArctic welcomes new Thematic Networks which were approved by the UArctic Assembly in their meeting held on 2-3 June, 2024 in Bodø, Norway.

The iC3 Polar Research Hub invites applications for their iC3 Polar Postdoctoral Funding Support Programme.

The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, in partnership with the Istituto Idrografico della Marina, is launching a call for applications for the High North24 campaign, from July 13 to August 10, 2024. The call is open to postgraduate or first-year PhD students.

The U.S. Permafrost Association (USPA) announces their next USPA Technical Training webinar, titled Impact of Water on Permafrost and Design of Drainage Systems for Transportation Infrastructure in Permafrost Regions. This webinar will take place 10 June 2024, 9:00-10:00 a.m. AKDT.

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) announces their upcoming IARPC Public Webinar Series event, titled The Unmet Needs of Environmentally Threatened Alaska Native Villages: Assessment and Recommendations (ANTHC). This webinar will take place 10 June 2024, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. AKDT.

Concluding the Arctic Congress 2024 in Bodø, Norway, the UArctic Assembly convened June 2-3, 2024. With participation from nearly 70 member institutions, the 2024 Assembly became the largest UArctic members' meeting so far. 

In a significant development for Arctic research and education, the Arctic Five has been officially established as a UArctic Regional Centre, solidifying a collaborative framework to enhance academic and research endeavors in the Fennoscandinavian Arctic.